https://brandtree.org/company/unileverAcquisitions, divestitures and ownership changes involving Unilever.https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-demerges-ice-cream-2025https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-demerges-ice-cream-2025Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTUnilever separated its ice cream business as The Magnum Ice Cream Company, whose shares were admitted to trading on Euronext Amsterdam, the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange on 8 December 2025. Unilever shareholders received shares in the new company as a demerger dividend, and Unilever retained a 19.9% stake at admission.https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-nutrafol-2022https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-nutrafol-2022Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 GMTUnilever took majority ownership of Nutrafol, a hair growth supplement brand, having first invested in 2018. The price was not disclosed.https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-paulas-choice-2021https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-paulas-choice-2021Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMTUnilever acquired Paula's Choice, a skincare brand founded by a writer who had built an audience by criticising the cosmetics industry's claims. Press reports suggested around $2 billion; neither party disclosed a figure.https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-liquid-iv-2020https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-liquid-iv-2020Sun, 01 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMTUnilever acquired Liquid I.V., an American hydration powder brand sold largely online. The price was not disclosed, and the brand has since become one of the faster-growing products in the group's portfolio.https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-horlicks-2020https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-horlicks-2020Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMTUnilever acquired GlaxoSmithKline's Indian consumer nutrition business, including Horlicks, in a transaction valued at about €3.3 billion and settled largely in Hindustan Unilever shares. It is one of the largest deals ever done in Indian consumer goods.https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-tatcha-2019https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-tatcha-2019Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMTUnilever acquired Tatcha, a skincare brand drawing on Japanese ingredients and ritual. Press reports put the price near $500 million, but neither party disclosed it, so no figure is recorded here.https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-vegetarian-butcher-2018https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-vegetarian-butcher-2018Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMTUnilever acquired The Vegetarian Butcher, a Dutch meat substitute company founded by a former farmer. It later supplied the plant-based patty used by Burger King across Europe. The price was not disclosed.https://brandtree.org/deal/kkr-acquires-unilever-spreads-2018https://brandtree.org/deal/kkr-acquires-unilever-spreads-2018Mon, 02 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMTUnilever sold its spreads business to KKR, which established it as a standalone company named Upfield. Unilever had been trying to exit margarine for years as consumption declined, and the sale followed its rejection of a takeover approach from Kraft Heinz that had prompted a strategic review.https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-sundial-2017https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-sundial-2017Fri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTUnilever acquired Sundial Brands, owner of SheaMoisture, a company built around hair and skin care for Black consumers that mainstream brands had long underserved. The price was not disclosed.https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-hourglass-2017https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-hourglass-2017Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMTUnilever acquired Hourglass Cosmetics, a colour cosmetics brand that does not test on animals and went fully vegan in 2020. The price was not disclosed.https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-living-proof-2016https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-living-proof-2016Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMTUnilever acquired Living Proof, a hair care company founded by MIT scientists and backed by Jennifer Aniston. The price was not disclosed.https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-kate-somerville-2015https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-kate-somerville-2015Sun, 01 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMTUnilever acquired Kate Somerville, a Los Angeles clinic-founded skincare brand, continuing a run of prestige beauty purchases made within months of each other. The price was not disclosed.https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-dermalogica-2015https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-dermalogica-2015Sat, 01 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMTUnilever acquired Dermalogica, a professional skincare brand sold largely through therapists and salons rather than shops. The price was not disclosed.https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-murad-2015https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-murad-2015Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMTUnilever acquired Murad, a dermatologist-founded skincare brand, as one of the first purchases for what became its Prestige division. The price was not disclosed, which is true of almost every brand Unilever bought for that division.https://brandtree.org/deal/hormel-acquires-skippy-2013https://brandtree.org/deal/hormel-acquires-skippy-2013Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMTHormel acquired Skippy from Unilever for about $700 million, buying the second largest peanut butter brand in the United States. Unilever had held it since taking over Bestfoods in 2000 and was narrowing its food portfolio; Hormel was broadening beyond tinned meat.https://brandtree.org/deal/colgate-acquires-sanex-2011https://brandtree.org/deal/colgate-acquires-sanex-2011Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMTColgate-Palmolive bought Sanex from Unilever for about EUR 672 million. Unilever was selling because competition authorities required it to divest Sanex before it could complete its purchase of Sara Lee's personal care business, so one company's remedy became another's acquisition.https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-alberto-culver-2011https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-alberto-culver-2011Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 GMTUnilever bought Alberto Culver for $37.50 a share in cash, adding TRESemmé, VO5, Simple, St. Ives and Nexxus to its hair and skin portfolio. Regulators required Unilever to divest the Alberto VO5 and Rave brands in the United States.https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-bestfoods-2000https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-bestfoods-2000Wed, 04 Oct 2000 00:00:00 GMTUnilever acquired Bestfoods, the American food group behind Knorr and Hellmann's, in what was then the largest cash acquisition in the food industry. The European Commission cleared the deal in Phase I subject to divestiture commitments.https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-ben-and-jerrys-2000https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-ben-and-jerrys-2000Thu, 03 Aug 2000 00:00:00 GMTUnilever's subsidiary Conopco acquired Ben & Jerry's Homemade in a two-step transaction: a cash tender offer at $43.60 per share through Vermont All Natural Expansion Company, followed by a back-end merger. The merger agreement created an independent board with a continuing social mission mandate.https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-amora-maille-2000https://brandtree.org/deal/unilever-acquires-amora-maille-2000Wed, 08 Mar 2000 00:00:00 GMTUnilever acquired the French condiments group Amora-Maille, adding mustard and sauce brands in France. The European Commission cleared the transaction subject to commitments.